wine users - Oct 2009 - IE8 instalation/runnig problem

I've installed IE8, but can not see it on the menu under Wine/Programs.

When I try to run it from: /.wine/dosdevices/c:/Program Files/Internet Explorer
it flickers a few times and produces an error message - Cannot find
'http://www.winehq.org/'. Make sure the path or Internet address is
correct.

Then, it flushes and the browser opens not with all its UI (no menu, parts of
the graphic - missing etc.)
it would not open no site/URL, and then - would not close.

I would like to delete it all, and re-install.
1. would it be OK to simply delete the directory?
2. what version of IE8 can I download that should work?
*  I'm using ubuntu 9

Thanks in advance
Gil

gilk wrote:
> 2. what version of IE8 can I download that should work?
None. Wine has it's own IE replacement based on Gecko engine (Firefox). All
native IE versions are not supported.

You can use different hackish scripts (like ies4linux) to install native IE
versions but all of those significantly alter Wine and outside the scope of this
forum.